Betamaxed - When a technology is overtaken in the market by inferior butbetter marketed competition as in “Microsoft betamaxed Apple right outof the market”

Blamestorming - A group discussion of why a deadline was missed or aproject failed and who was responsible.

Blowing Your Buffer - Losing one’s train of thought. Occurs when theperson you are speaking with won’t let you get a word in edgewise or hasjust said something so astonishing that your train gets derailed. “Damn,I just blew my buffer!” (Synonym: “Head Crash”)

Body Nazis - Hard-core exercise and weight-lifting fanatics who lookdown on anyone who doesn’t work out obsessively.

Bookmark - To take note of a person for future reference. “After seeinghis cool demo at Siggraph, I bookmarked him.”

Brain Fart - A byproduct of a bloated mind producing informationeffortlessly; a burst of useful information. “I know you’re busy on theMicrosoft story, but can you give us a brain fart on the Mitnik bust?”Variation of old hacker slang that had more negative connotations.

CGI Joe - A hard-core CGI script programmer with all the social skillsand charisma of a plastic action figure.

Chainsaw Consultant - An outside expert brought in to reduce theemployee head count, leaving the top brass with clean hands.

Chip Jewelry - Old computers destined to be scrapped or turned intodecoration. “I paid three grand for that Mac and now it’s nothing butchip jewelry.”

Chips and Salsa - Chips = hardware, salsa = software. “First we gottafigure out if the problem’s in your chips or your salsa.”

CLM (Career Limiting Move)- Used by microserfs to describe anill-advised activity. “Trashing your boss while he or she is withinearshot is a serious CLM.”

Dead Tree Edition - The paper version of a publication available in bothpaper and electronic forms.

Dilberted - To be exploited and oppressed by your boss, as is Dilbert,the comic strip character. “Damn, I’ve been dilberted again! The old manrevised the specs for the fourth time this week.”

Dorito Syndrome - The feeling of emptiness and dissatisfaction triggeredby addictive substances that lack nutritional content. “I just spent sixhours surfing the Web, and now I’ve got a bad case of Dorito Syndrome.”

Egosurfing - Scanning the Net, databases, etc., for one’s own name.

Elvis Year - The peak year of popularity as in “1993 was Barney thedinosaur’s Elvis year”

Flight Risk - Used to describe employees who are suspected of planningto leave a company or department soon.

Generica - Fast food joints, strip malls, sub-divisions as in “we wereso lost in generica that I couldn’t remember what city it was”

Glazing - Corporate-speak for sleeping with your eyes open; a popularpastime at conferences and early-morning meetings. “Didn’t he noticethat by the second session half the room was glazing?”

Going Postal - Totally stressed out and losing it like postal employeeswho went on shooting rampages

GOOD job - A "Get-Out-Of-Debt" job. A well-paying job people take inorder to pay off their debts, one that they will quit as soon as theyare solvent again.

Gray Matter - Older, experienced business people hired by youngentrepreneurial firms trying to appear more professional and established.

Graybar Land - The place you go while you’re staring at a computerthat’s processing something very slowly (while you watch the gray barcreep across the screen). “That CAD rendering put me in graybar land forlike an hour.”

SITCOMs - What yuppies turn into when they have children and one of themstops working to stay home with the kids. “Single Income, Two Children,Oppressive Mortgage”

Square-Headed Spouse - Computer

Squirt the Bird - To transmit a signal up to a satellite. “Crew andtalent are ready...what time do we squirt the bird?”

Starter Marriage - A short-lived first marriage that ends in divorcewith no kids, no property and no regrets.

Stress Puppy - A person who thrives on being stressed-out and whiny.

Swiped Out - An ATM or credit card that has been used so much itsmagnetic strip is worn away.

Tourists - Those who take training classes just to take a vacation fromtheir jobs. “There were only three serious students in the class; therest were just tourists.”

Treeware - Hacker slang for documentation or other printed material.

Umfriend - One with whom one has a sexual relationship; as in, “this isDale, my...um...friend.”

Under Mouse Arrest - Getting busted for violating an online service’srule of conduct. “Sorry I couldn’t get back to you. AOL put me undermouse arrest.”

Uninstalled - Euphemism for being fired. Also: decruitment.

Vulcan Nerve Pinch - The taxing hand position required to reach all theappropriate keys for certain commands. For instance, the warm re-bootfor a Mac II computer involves simultaneously pressing the Control key,the Command key, the Return key and the Power On key.